During the ongoing fourth and final Test between India in Brisbane, two of the Indian cricketers made their Test debuts. T Natarajan and Washington Sundar received their maiden Test caps before the start of the fourth Test between Australia and India on Friday. India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun presented the cap to Natarajan, congratulating the left-arm pacer for becoming the 300th player to represent India at the Test level.
Natarajan, who made his Twenty20 International (T20I) and One-Day International (ODI) last year during the ongoing tour, completed a perfect treble as he got the chance to play his first Test on the same Australian tour. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter to share videos of both the Indian cricketers receiving their caps.
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Tweeting about the same, BCCI wrote: “The stuff dreams are made of. A perfect treble for @Natarajan_91 as he is presented with #TeamIndia’s Test Billed cap No. 300. It can’t get any better! Natu is now an all-format player. #AUSvIND”.
The stuff dreams are made of. A perfect treble for @Natarajan_91 as he is presented with #TeamIndia's Test 🧢 No. 300. It can't get any better! Natu is now an all-format player. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/cLYVBMGfFM
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 14, 2021
Ravichandran Ashwin was seen giving the cap to Sundar, who became the 301st Indian cricketer to play Test cricket. Tweeting about the same, BCIC wrote: “Let’s hear it for @Sundarwashi5, who gets his #TeamIndia Billed cap from @ashwinravi99. He stayed back after the white-ball format to assist the team and is now the proud holder of cap number 301”.
Let's hear it for @Sundarwashi5, who gets his #TeamIndia 🧢 from @ashwinravi99. He stayed back after the white-ball format to assist the team and is now the proud holder of cap number 301. 💪🙌 pic.twitter.com/DY1AwPV0HP
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 14, 2021
India made four changes in their playing XI as some of the main players like Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ashwin got injured.
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Apart from Natarajan and Sundar, Shardul Thakur and Mayank Agarwal were included in the final XI for the fourth Test at the Gabba. For Australia, Marcus Harris replaced Will Pucovski, who had suffered a shoulder injury while fielding on Day 5 of the third Test.
